How do you feel about what you have acomplished so far?

[BrightStar]

How do you feel about what you have you have done, (Or whom, if you prefer.) Where you have been, and similar type stuff?


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[Morning Glory]

splendid!

[One Eyed Cat]

At this date, I am. I believe that events in my life have made my emotional integration lag behind my accomplishments in other areas (foreign language, material pursuits, academics, athletics, aesthetics, pursuit and use of specialized knowledge) I can honestly say, however, that I have overcome and am excited about each coming day. My creative output, once reaching an end due to my reaction to events, has only yet begun.


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[TheWalkingGlitch]

I have yet to accomplish a great many things I wanted to. Granted, the things I've wanted to do have changed over the years, but there are still a lot of things I haven't done yet. It's not easy to do much of value with no job and no money. "I can't say I've been happy with where my life has taken me so far, but I can only look forward to where it's going."

[Amelia G]

In a way I feel really really good that I took the path less travelled, but, ooh catch me at New Year's or on my birthday and I feel like I could have, should have done so much more by now. But I am a genuine workaholic in the truly not right sense in that, no matter how hard I work, I know there was that hour I was reading a book or having coffee with friends and I could have been working then and those hours add up . . . Sometimes, I will accomplish something really great in a competitive arena and, instead of feeling impressed with myself, I will just feel unimpressed with the competition. Trying to work on those characteristics though and I suppose the first step is knowing they are there. Today, I am feeling really good about where I am at and where I am headed.

[CarnalxKiss]

Thanks for this thread Amelia..

Being that I was married at 19 and a mother by 21, I had opportunity I chose not to take. I had not one but 2 recording contracts offered to me within a 3 year span. I chose not to submit my daughter to a life on the road. 4 years later I had another chance to sing back up vocals for Tracy Pendarvis on a comeback/reunion tour of England where his music was a hit in the 50's. I declined. I did do the background vocals on his last album before he died, but again I did not wish to be away from my children or submit them to the chaos of the road. Alot of people chewed my ass for not taking opportunity others wish for every day. I must say I do not regret a moment of it. Today my daughter is well versed in the Arts and inspiring to do fashion design for theatre/broadway and has alot of talent as well. I stayed home, did community theatre and did local gigs now and then to stave off my need for the stage. Now I am pushing 40. I still love to sing and act but I do it for fun...my passion is writing, poetry thus far, but a novel is what I long for. In a few years, when the kids are grown and pursuing their own dreams, maybe then, I will have that time for my own pursuits...so, what I guess I am trying to say is this...I am proud of my accomplishments, they may not of been what I had originally thought they would be, but I have turned out 2 healthy, productive, open minded and highly creative beings that amaze me every day.

This thread was great, a little self reflection is just what I needed to lift my spirits today...Thanks!

[BrightStar]

Congratulations! *Hugs* **

[LrdSatanas]

I don't feel like i have acomplished much of anything. Even things you could say i have acomplished mean nothing now becouse of the way they turned out. or i don;t have anything to show for them.

[sheramil]

looking back on the decades...


i just wish i'd killed more people.